Ben Plouviez

@benplouviez

Retired and now tender of donkeys (2) and minder of cats (2) as well as reader of books (lots) and thinker of great thoughts (none really). Also maker of irritating jokes, so sorry (not sorry) about that. Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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Ben Plouviez@benplouviez· 12d

Our cat Tango sometimes feels the need to disappear too, usually when something frightens him. He’s very good at it.

Orange cat sitting on the floor in the corner of the kitchen with his head (but only his head) hidden behind some aprons that are hanging there.

Ben Plouviez@benplouviez· 15d

Donkey eclipsing the sun.

Grey donkey standing outside his stable looking into the camera. Behind him, in cloud, theee shines a weak sun.

Ben Plouviez@benplouviez· 15d

Partial ecl…cloud. #aberdeenshire

Ben Plouviez@benplouviez· 24d

Anyone in England want rain? We have LOTS to spare. (Buyer collects, obviously).

Ben Plouviez@benplouviez· Jun 10

Change a book by removing the last letter of its title. Here were three that happened to come up together in That List: “Giovanni's Roo” “The Remains of the Da” and “In Search of Lost Tim” (The last is pleasingly pathetic).

Pictures of the relevant front covers from the Guardian Bookshop 100 Best Novels page. The title of one is genuinely truncated to “In Search of Lost Tim”.

Ben Plouviez@benplouviez· May 30

And your point is…?

Large orange cat (Tango) fast asleep in the sink.

Ben Plouviez@benplouviez· May 21

I’m convinced that this branding must breach multiple labelling regulations.

A jar from Castleton Farm labelled
“Jamalade

Berry and Seville Orange Preserve”

Ben Plouviez@benplouviez· May 8

Oh, and happy World Donkey Day, especially to those who’ve made asses of themselves recently.

Close-up shot of the muzzle of a brown donkey, in a head collar, holding his own lead rope in his teeth.

Ben Plouviez@benplouviez· May 5

They groom our donkeys too (though the dark brown one chases them off quite quickly).

Ben Plouviez@benplouviez· Apr 5

Romeo takes on the anti-Romeo who lives within the kitchen island. #cats #catsofbluesky

Ben Plouviez@benplouviez· Apr 3

They do look cute together #cats

Two photos of a large ginger Maine Coon (Tango) with a small ginger Maine Coon (Romeo).

Ben Plouviez@benplouviez· Apr 1

Kitten in full flight. #cats

Romeo the ginger kitten captured in mid-leap, front paws grasping his toy (which is on a piece of string), back legs and tail hanging poised.

Ben Plouviez@benplouviez· Mar 29

If you see this post a concert photo you took.

Leonard Cohen, Sharon Robertson, the Webb Sisters, at the SECC Glasgow November 2008

Ben Plouviez@benplouviez· Mar 28

When Tango’s nervous about a visitor, he hides behind the aprons…

Most of an orange cat clearly visible behind the aprons hanging on the wall. Stupid cat.

Ben Plouviez@benplouviez· Mar 28

When John Lewis came to deliver, the delivery guys said they’d been betting that I’d gone to order 2 bookcases, left an extra digit in, and that they’d have to take the others back. Nope, I said: I ordered 12 and I wanted 12. Two years on, I’m out of space…

Half of my library, with bookcases nearly to the ceiling, all full of books.

Ben Plouviez@benplouviez· Mar 22

Triscuit is very handsome. Our Tango just packed himself squarely away in his own box this evening.

Ginger Maine Coon photographed from above while lying asleep, fully occupying a cardboard box.

Ben Plouviez@benplouviez· Mar 21

Romeo the kitten surrenders. #cats #caturday

Small ginger kitten lying on his back with his hands up.

Ben Plouviez@benplouviez· Mar 18

Yes, we all like chess. Entirely unprompted posing, on different days, by the #cats.

Three pictures of the tabby, ginger kitten, and ginger adult Maine Coons each posing on the same chess board.

Ben Plouviez@benplouviez· Mar 15

Posing floof. #cats #catsofbluesky

Tabby Maine Coon lying, his head and shoulder lit by oblique sunshine, his extended paw and his long fluffy tail (which is hanging down) in shadow, on top of his cat tree.

Ben Plouviez@benplouviez· Mar 15

Whisky on the chess board. #cats #catsofBluesky

A tabby Maine Coon cat poses looking enigmatic on a chess board, sitting upright more or less between the opposing pieces.

Ben Plouviez@benplouviez· Mar 14

Romeo agrees.

Ben Plouviez@benplouviez· Mar 13

In today’s Cute Kitten News, Romeo (4 months old) seems to have adopted Tango (4 years old) as his dad. #cats #catsofBluesky

A small ginger Maine Coon kitten cuddled up to a large ginger Maine Coon cat. Both are asleep and looking seriously cute.

Ben Plouviez@benplouviez· Feb 23

Orange tree. #catsofbluesky

Big orange cat asleep at top of cat tree, small orange cat asleep one level down.

Ben Plouviez@benplouviez· Feb 21

Gone back to a book by a writer who can tackle a subject nobody else should even attempt — Lockerbie. Wonderful writing about grief and what it does.

The cover of James Robertson’s ‘The Professor of Truth’: an orange cover with the title, author’s name, and in the centre, the outline of an airliner.

Ben Plouviez@benplouviez· Feb 20

Romeo has been with us for 2 days. I think he’s started to settle*. *actually he’s taken over the entire house and bossed 2 humans and 2 older cats relentlessly from pretty much the moment he set paw in the place.

Ginger tabby Maine Coon kitten fast asleep sprawled on my chest, with his head nestled against my neck. Did I mention that he is fast asleep? He is.

Ben Plouviez@benplouviez· Feb 18

At a standstill near Nairn (roadworks), and still intensely relaxed.

The same Maine Coon, still dozing on my lap.

Ben Plouviez@benplouviez· Feb 18

This is Romeo on his first Big Adventure, travelling from his birthplace in Thurso to his new home in Aberdeenshire. ❤️❤️❤️

A relaxed ginger Maine Coon kitten sleeping while draped across my arm.

Ben Plouviez@benplouviez· Feb 13

Harley and Birch allowed out of the stable for the first time in a fortnight. Sunshine!!!

Ben Plouviez@benplouviez· Feb 9

Intimations of sunshine in #Aberdeenshire this morning. Although it’s gone dreich again since I took that photo 30 minutes ago.

Sunshine peeps coyly through white clouds, between trees and viewed over a wooden fence and a pond.

Ben Plouviez@benplouviez· Jan 31

Helm, Sarah Hall. The one the Booker judges missed. The one about a wind.